Metro Line M5 (Budapest Metro)
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| Line number | Line 5 (Budapest Metro) |
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| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
| Electrification | 825 or 1000 V DC |
| Operating speed | at least 70 km/h max. |
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The North-south regional rapid railway is a railway construction plan in
History
In the '90s, the growth of the suburbs was not accompanied by public transportation. Population growth was especially strong in Buda and in Csepel island region, but the HÉV lines end at the boundaries of the downtown area, where passengers have to change to go into the city. Hence the idea was born to connect the HÉV lines underground. Lord Mayor Gábor Demszky first spoke of plans in 2002.
In 2005 the city council set aside a first 100 million
From 1 September 2019 the H5 suburban railway line was renamed line M5.[1]
On 14 April 2021 test excavations began as part of preparations for the first section between Közvágóhíd and Kálvin tér.[2]
Planning
The proposal is for a rapid rail system which will include the Budapest-Esztergom heavy railway line northward, and the Budapest-Kunszentmiklós line southward.[3]
The Csepel and Ráckeve HÉV lines will be connected on the surface, near the
Proposed stations
Metro line 5, Észak-déli Regionális Gyorsvasút (North-South Regional Rapid Railway; provisional name), is planned to be a
- Szentendre
- ...
- Békásmegyer
- Petőfi tér
- Csillaghegy
- Rómaifürdő
- Aquincum
- Záhony u.
- Kaszásdűlő
- Bogdáni út
- Flórián tér
- Amfiteátrum
- Szépvölgyi út
- Margitsziget
- Szent István park
- Lehel tér
- Oktogon
- Klauzál tér
- Astoria
- Kálvin tér
- Boráros tér
- Könyves Kálmán körút
- Beöthy u.
- Kén u.
- Timót u.
- Határ út
- Pesterzsébet – városközpont
- Nagysándor József u.
- Klapka Gy. u.
- Wesselényi u. (or Akácfa u. instead of the latter two)
- Vörösmarty tér
- Könyves u.
- Tárcsás u.
- Soroksári vasútállomás
- BILK (logisztikai központ)
- ...
- Csepel, Ráckeve
Branching at Könyves u.:
- Soroksár felső
- Soroksár – Hősök tere
- Szent István u.
- Millennium-telep
- ...
See the map.[4]
References
- ^ Tenczer, Gábor (16 July 2019). "Szeptembertől 5-ös metró lesz a szentendrei HÉV új neve" (in Hungarian). Index.hu. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ Bozzay, Balázs (14 April 2021). "Próbafúrásokkal elkezdődött az 5-ös metróvonal építésének első szakasza" (in Hungarian). telex.hu. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ "Budapest announced planning tenders for Line 5". Railway PRO. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ http://index.hu/cikkepek/0503/belfold/metr5/metro5-bp.gif [bare URL image file]
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